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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
1
A famous puzzle describes three missionaries and three cannibals crossing a river with a two person boat. They must shuttle without ever leaving missionaries outnumbered by cannibals on either bank. The solution involves careful ferries ensuring safety on both sides.
In a rainy day incident a South side street car stop led a motorman to jump out and use chewing tobacco to clear window glare. The scene suggested air raid defense preparations with cement bags around the station, later revealed as sidewalk repair material.
The piece notes Bobby Baim’s parents anticipate a future business tycoon as neighborhood children parade by their Clyde avenue home on a Saturday. It mentions a penny scale for candy, then shifts to Muriel Markman offering party candle holder ideas from cellophane straws and Edith Hungate planning a California vacation and hopes for better summer weather.
At the 10th annual Marines reunion held in the LaSalle hotel General Manus McCloskey, a veteran who served as colonel, recalled his unit’s arrival at Château-Thierry on June 6 1918. French generals urged retreat but McCloskey famously replied Retreat hell we just got here. The battle marked a turning point in the war.
Mrs H M Stone of Kambark and her New Orleans sister, apart eight years, shared a telegram twist sending a Southbound ride. A friend’s Chicago link promised passage, then the sister joined in. Ed Mayer Cornell notes a love bird tale: one died. a mirror kept the survivor company for eight years.
Jerry Marks of Ellis Avenue earned an Eversharp pencil for progress in Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People. He says others see him as the teacher s pet. Jeanne Malstrom of Dante Avenue is Hyde Park High School valedictorian and editor of the Hyde Park Weekly for two semesters.
Lorraine Mendenhall of Greenwood Avenue enjoys Battle Creek but prefers Chicago breakfast foods and vegetables. Mrs. Stanley Laing of Jeffery Avenue finds a new use for decal transfers by applying them to window shades in her home.
A pithy remark notes that a pretty girl often hides her hooks from others and sees no need to broadcast them. The line suggests discretion and guarded vulnerabilities in social perception and charm.
Fishermen at the Economist's Summer colony at Fish Lake Indiana prepare for opening day at 12:01 am Sunday. The Indiana state conservation department restocks the lake with blue gills bass and crappies to ensure good fishing. The colony draws visitors with beaches woodlands and grassy slopes and is expanding with more cottages financed by FHA plans and prices at $78 per lot with $10 down and $33 monthly Easy Trip.
A new iris garden in Jackson Park between 58th and 59th streets at Stony Island Avenue opens with 100 kinds of irises. It is the largest single exhibit in Chicago Park District, praised by William Blaesing as a top city gardening perennial.
Members of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce will tour the water crib in Lake Michigan off 69th street after a luncheon at Rooke's restaurant on the Calumet river. The boat departs from Rooke's pier at 12:15 with a short business session to follow.
Virginia Butts, 18, of 7303 Langley Ave., achieves a perfect four year scholastic average at Hirsch High School the first in Chicago public high schools in years. She will deliver the valedictory on graduation day and has led Hirsch’s undefeated debating team. Her subject is Democracy and the Individual based on a Civitan club essay prize. She edited the Hirsch Herald and holds class offices in National Honor Society Student Government and Debating Club. She ranks highly in popularity and is described as poised comely and modest.
A man identified as Vincent Cullotta, 31, of 1013 N. Franklin St., was arrested less than 15 minutes after a Tuesday evening holdup near 76th Street. Cullotta, on parole from Joliet, was seized at 79th and Coles Ave as he attempted to board a southbound street car. Feustermacher, a Lambrecht Creamery driver, had just been held up in an alley between Coles and Exchange Aves.
Three Southeast side public high schools graduate a combined 1,422 students the largest total yet. Bowen High School leads with 405 diplomas to be awarded next Tuesday at 8 PM in Calumet High School auditorium.
A South East Chicago delegation from the Little Business Men's League of America heads to Springfield to push for little business representation in the Republican state central committee platform. Delegates include State Rep Elmer J Schnackenberg Ald Roy E Olin Andrew C Metzger and Harry E L Timm.
Frances Baum, 7, of 7025 Kimbark Ave, was seriously injured when struck by a surface lines feeder bus at 71st Street and Kimbark Ave. Driver Leonard Bormann, of 7914 Harvard Ave, said she crossed from south to north into the bus’s path. She was taken to Woodlawn Hospital with severe head injuries and abrasions. condition improving yesterday.
A compact, reverent verse praising the flag as a symbol of justice and right. The lines invoke pride in the field of blue, calling for enduring honor and the flag’s storied legacy.
Six youths among a dozen arrested last week in Presham and South Chicago districts for a spree of South Side burglaries will face trial in Boys Court today. Four others tied to the crimes will be tried in juvenile court June 26. The Boys Court defendants include Frank Krowzewicz Edward Dydowski Joseph Gorzynski and Vince Wysoglad. The two facing receiving stolen property charges are Stanley Toy and Eugene Ramsey. Juvenile court defendants are Joseph Bolag Harry Poniatowski Frank Rutkowski and Alex Biernacki. Two more juveniles were supervised, not tried.
Southeast side residents join to honor American heritage with a Flag Day program at 2 pm in Jackson Park. Hyde Park High School and 13 grammar schools organize the event with speakers Leo T. Heid and Raymond Engle plus school bands and choruses.
Ignatius Fugenschuh a 61 year old brakeman for the Illinois Central railroad and resident of 6456 Dante Ave was instantly killed Tuesday morning on the main line near 72nd Street and Kimbark Avenue while about to throw a switch for his train. He was taken to Jackson Park Hospital where physicians said death resulted from brain and chest injuries. An inquest heard that the struck man stood between tracks as the switch was approached. witnesses saw him moments before the impact.
Edward A. Hayes former national commander of the American Legion spoke at the Woodlawn Kiwanis Flag Day observance on the Southeast side. He warned of subversive influences and called for a positive government approach to national defense and a purge of those within who doubt the flag’s form of government. He linked democracy’s fragile triumph to world-wide threats and urged intelligent citizens to work with authorities.
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